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Stephen Sizer apologised after linking to a page which accused Israel of perpetrating 9/11 (Picture: YouTube)

A Vicar has apologised for posting a link on Facebook to an article which claimed Israel was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks.

The Reverend Stephen Sizer, vicar of Christ Church in Virginia Water, Surrey, apologised after posting a link on Facebook to an article which described the official description of events as ‘absurd’.

The Church of England cleric accompanied the post with the caption: ‘it raises so many questions’.

Stephen Sizer’s controversial Facebook post (Picture: Facebook)

In a statement posted on the Diocese of Guildford’s website, Mr Sizer said that despite posting the article, he had ‘never believed Israel or any other country was complicit in the terrorist atrocity of 9/11’.

He wrote: ‘My sharing of this material was ill-considered and misguided.

‘I very much regret and apologise for the distress caused by the sharing on Facebook of a link to an article about 9/11 from Wikispooks.

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‘It was particularly insensitive in that last week coincided with Holocaust Memorial Day. I removed the link as soon as I received adverse feedback, and realised that offence had been caused. ‘

Mr Sizer added that he would be refraining from using blogs or social media ‘until further notice’.

He has been previously accused of promoting anti-Semitic content, and a former complaint was made to the Board of Deputies of British Jews in 2012.

Speaking to the Jewish News, Jonathan Arkush, vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: ‘Posting, and giving approval to, an article which in effect accuses Jews of responsibility for the 9/11 atrocity is unquestionably anti-Semitic, just as it is beyond absurd’.